. , the economy is improving under this president. we now have 35 straight months of private sector job growth. we've also learned today the economy added over 2 million jobs last year. the best year for the jobs since 2005. republicans are playing politics with people's lives. they're obsessed with cuts instead of jobs. they're focused on spending instead of hiring. the president kept his job because the american people trust him to create jobs for them. republicans just don't get it. joining me now is melissa harris perry and dana millbank. republicans say this consumer bureau could hurt wall street. but, today, the dow closed over 14,000 for the first time in six years. so what's this really all about? >> well, look, this is the mind trick. this is the game of redirection that the republicans have been playing really for the first four years of president obama's first term and they're continuing to play it. and it is this. the thing that caused the economic crash in 2008, the home values, the evaporation of wealth, the loss of jobs